One might expect to see pets at a pet supply store, and on Queen Anne, one does. At All the Best Pet Care there's always an animal about, and at Mes Amis Pet Boutique, on Galer, there are Sam and Lola. Sam is a male cat with long white hair; Lola is a female gray tabby. Both were rescued from Animal Talk by owner Nicole Ryan. "Lola is shy," says Ryan, "and Sam is mischievous and social. He loves to use shoes as a scratching post, especially tennis shoes with the mesh on top. People usually get a big kick out of it.
Last Friday, the Christmas season officially hove into view - from the Bluff, at least - with the Magnolia Village Holiday Open House. (Yes, the lighting does seem more Halloweenish.)
One might expect to see pets at a pet supply store, and on Queen Anne, one does. At All the Best Pet Care there's always an animal about, and at Mes Amis Pet Boutique, on Galer, there are Sam and Lola. Sam is a male cat with long white hair; Lola is a female gray tabby. Both were rescued from Animal Talk by owner Nicole Ryan. "Lola is shy," says Ryan, "and Sam is mischievous and social. He loves to use shoes as a scratching post, especially tennis shoes with the mesh on top. People usually get a big kick out of it.Photo Gallery
Roughly 50 protesters head down East Pike Street during a Friday, Nov. 18, student protest of the ongoing war in Iraq. The march followed a gathering at Seattle Central Community college and culminated with a rally at Westlake Park.
"This is a neighborhood watch and clock shop," said Jody Laine, who opened Tiempo on 14th Avenue between East Pike and Pine streets 10 years ago this month. "I didn't want to be like one of the places in a big mall."Laine really enjoys interacting with her customers, and so do her employees. People don't walk into this shop and wonder where everybody is. The staff is friendly, accessible and dedicated to more than just customer relationships, they are working on friendships.
The hustle of activity of activity in the hallways makes it abu abundantly clear that the school year is in full swing. At Stevens Elementary School, new principal Jenniffer Reinig admires the energy. In the midst of her first year at the helm of the Capitol Hill elementary school, she knows she has a lot to learn. "I'm still getting settled. But Stevens is an amazing school, and I'm feeling right at home," she said.
City officials announced the first 17 projects that will be built through a new program that puts neighborhoods in the driver's seat when it comes to making their streets safer for pedestrians and other users. The city will invest $6 million over the next three years for new sidewalks at schools, sidewalk repair, better lighting in business districts and street elements to slow down traffic. Each of the projects was proposed by neighborhoods and vetted by a 15-member community advisory group.
The Seattle City Council recently passed the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan in order to increase bicycling and improve bicyclists' safety in the city. The Bicycle Master Plan was an 18-month collaboration between the city and a citizen's advisory board that included representatives from the Cascade Bicycle Club, the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, and many more.
For a lot of artists seeking to put their work in the public eye, established galleries aren't always an option. This lack of opportunity, however, isn't always a dead end. A number of restaurants and businesses have stepped up as legitimate venues for work by local artists.,br>"Not all [artists] are picked up by the galleries," said Karrie Baas, owner of Madison Valley's Baas Art Gallery, which she describes as an "alternative" gallery. "
Brainchild of local restaurateurs brings quality meals to the neighborhood needyJohn Platt is a busy man. The restaurateur-turned-caterer and full-time father regularly puts in 16-hour days at his restaurant, St. Clouds in Madrona. With a schedule so stacked, time management is absolutely crucial. Amid all the kitchen chaos, Platt has found a way to marry his culinary efforts with his desire to serve the community.Just a year after St. Clouds opened in 2000, Platt began welcoming in community volunteers for what he calls a "reverse potluck."
Usual story: Teenage son or daughter takes up rowing with one of the region's many junior crew clubs. After a season or two of watching from the shore, mom and/or dad also become smitten with the sport, don lycra and hop in a rowing shell themselves. It happens all the time in Seattle, a city ennobled by its surrounding waters and a strong rowing tradition. You might say that the Takahashi-Edgerton family has reversed the typical route folks take in finding the Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center, a Seattle Parks and Recreation facility on Lake Washington at Stan Sayres Park.
His answering machine begs of the caller one simple request: "Give me all your good stuff." For the last nine years as head coach of Roosevelt High School's girls' varsity basketball team, Bill Resler has implored exactly that of his athletes.The subject of the 2006 documentary "The Heart of the Game," Resler ended his tenure on Nov. 9, just three days before the team was to open practice for the 2007-08 season. For Resler, who has been with the program for 13 years, the decision came to him as a shock. "I was bitterly hurt by [their decision] at first," Resler said from his office at the University of Washington, where he is a senior lecturer in the School of Business.
An unidentified boater rows past the Lake Washington Rowing Club's dock on Nov. 10 in preparation for the following day's Head of the Lake regatta, which was sponsored by the Fremont-based club. More than 2,500 collegiate, master, high school and national-caliber rowers competed in the regatta.
It was a race against time. Yula the Rottweiler was scheduled to be put to death Monday at 2 p.m. For the last 10 days, Ginger Luke had been sending out slews of e-mails with Yula's picture and biography, begging someone in her vast network of contacts to provide Yula with a home before she was put down. Then, on Monday morning, she received an e-mail from Chuck Digg, whose Rottweiler had recently died and who wanted to adopt Yula. Luke called the shelter where Yula was being held. There was no answer. So Digg hopped in his car and sped all the way from the Seattle area to Ellensburg, arriving at the shelter just 15 minutes before Yula would have been euthanized. This was all just another day in the life of Ginger Luke, founder of Ginger's Pet Rescue, which specializes in the rescue of "death-row" dogs.
For the past three years, a collection of South End residents organized as the Beacon Ridge Improvement Community (BRIC) has worked diligently to improve public safety, eliminate street crime, and build a more livable community. Their efforts are primarily focused on the Hill's collection of stairwells that have fallen into neglect. On a sun-filled morning, about two-dozen BRIC volunteers gathered at the stairway between 16th and 17th Avenues South on Nov. 11 to finish installing an irrigation system, plant native foliage and clean the leaf litter and trash from the stairs.